Aintree Races
Aintree
14:05
Boylesports Becher Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Aintree
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2023
Distance: 3m2f
Type: Chase
Going: Heavy
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £19
Place: £5.10 £2.10 £2.40
Exacta: £149.40
Tricast: £744.62
Trifecta: £1119.40
Non-Runners: Minella Trump (unsuitable ground), Now Where Or When (unsuitable ground)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | Chambard (FR) | 13 G | AVG |
Miss Lucy Turner
(5)lbs
|
Venetia Williams | 141 lbs | 18/1 | Won | Prominent - led 17th - went clear run-in - stayed on - ridden out(op 20/1) | |
| 2nd | 1 | Coko Beach (FR) | 10 G | AVG |
Danny Gilligan
(5)lbs
|
Gordon Elliott | 163 lbs | 6/1 | 13 | Prominent - dropped to midfield when hit 2nd - headway before 2 out - went second last - no match for winner(op 8/1) | |
| 3rd | 12 | Percussion (GB) | 9 G | Poor | L J Morgan | 142 lbs | 6/1 | 3.25 | Pressed leaders - left in lead 6th (Chair) - pecked on landing 7th - raced in second when headed 12th - hit 14th (Foinavon) - led 15th (Canal Turn) - pressed winner when headed 16th (Valentines) - went fourth before 2 out - no chance but went third again run-in(tchd 11/2) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Celebre d'Allen (FR) | 13 G | AVG | Philip Hobbs & Johnson White | 146 lbs | 7/1 | 22 | Held up in last - steady headway from 15th (Canal Turn) - pressed winner 2 out - soon switched left - weakened run-in - finished tired(op 9/1) | ||
| 5th | 13 | Lounge Lizard (GB) | 7 G | AVG | Henry Daly | 142 lbs | 11/1 | 99 | Held up in rear - headway 5th - pressed leaders 10th - led 12th - mistake 14th - headed but prominent 15th - weakened before 2 out - tailed off - lost shoe (vet said gelding lost his right-hind shoe)(op 16/1) | ||
| 99th | 6 | Moroder (IRE) | 11 G | AVG | Seamus Mullins | 146 lbs | 22/1 | - | Prominent - weakened 18th - pulled up after 3 out(op 20/1 tchd 25/1) | ||
| 99th | 7 | Ashtown Lad (IRE) | 11 G | AVG | Dan Skelton | 146 lbs | 13/2 | - | Midfield - dropped to rear when stumbled badly and almost fell 2nd - headway 7th - weakened after 16th (Canal Turn) - pulled up after 4 out(op 5/1) | ||
| 99th | 2 | The Big Breakaway (IRE) | 10 G | AVG | Joe Tizzard | 153 lbs | 11/2F | - | Prominent early - midfield when hampered 6th (Chair) - soon dropped to rear - weakened after 16th (Canal Turn) - pulled up before 3 out(op 5/1 tchd 9/2) | ||
| 99th | 11 | Undersupervision (IRE) | 9 G | Poor | Nigel Twiston-Davies | 142 lbs | 9/1 | - | Prominent - lost position gradually from 11th - weakened after 14th - mistake 15th - pulled up after 18th - lost shoe (vet said gelding lost his left-hind shoe)(op 8/1 tchd 15/2) | ||
| 99th | 3 | Highland Hunter (IRE) | 11 G | AVG | Fergal O'Brien | 153 lbs | 7/1 | - | Led - bad mistake and unseated 6th (Chair)(op 13/2) | ||
| 99th | 14 | Dorking Cock (IRE) | 11 G | Poor | S R B Crawford | 142 lbs | 10/1 | - | Midfield - towards rear 5th - some headway when mistake and unseated 10th(op 12/1) | ||
| 99th | 10 | Sidi Ismael (FR) | 7 G | AVG | David Pipe | 142 lbs | 50/1 | - | Held up in rear - mistake and unseated 6th (Chair)(op 33/1) |